Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-02
THE WEST.

THE Supreme Court of Illinois has al
frmed the right of the Pullman Palace Car
Company to the land on which the town OF
Pullman is situated.
FIFrY-sEvEN head of cattle were slaugh-
tered in Chicago the other day, and ten
were found to be afflicted with pleuro-
pneumonia.
FIRE in Canyon Falls, Mimi, the other
night destroyed twenty business houses,
causing loss of $500 Only seven stores
escaped.
THE steamer Gaelic from China reached
San Francisco recently with smallpox on
board.
HENRY SCHWARTZ and Newton Watt, the
Rock Island train robbers, were sentenced
at Morris, Ill, on the 23d, to imprisonment
for life Leave was granted the prisoners
to file bill of exceptions by August q.
GOVERNOR Ross, of New Mexico, has is
sued a quarantine proclamation as safe
guard against pleuro-pneumonia, by the ad-
vice of the Cattle Sanitary Commission.
AT Rockville, Mo-, recently John Vanden-
burgh, charged with an outrage on Jennie
Anderson, was admitted to bail in $40, 900
bonds AS he was leaving the court room
he was shot dead by the two brothers OF the
girl.
A SHERIFF and one of his posse were
killed recently in fight with escaped con-
victs in the Flint district, 1. I. One OF the
convicts was killed and the other mortally
wounded.
THE recent rains throughout the North
west have eXtinguished most of the forest
fires which have been raging in Wisconsin
and Upper Michigan with such destructive
violence of late.
THE second annual convention of the Ma
tional Butchers Association met in the
Central Music Hall, Chicago, on the 24th,
with Thomas Armour in the chair.
JACOB GRUENBURG has been put on trial
by the Carpenters Union of Chicago for
being an employee of a detective agency and
leading workmen into criminal acts.
THE annual convention of the Millers'
National Association began in st. Louis on
the 25th.
THE Michigan Senate has passed bill to
fine bucket-shop keepers 81 600 and renters
of premises for such purposes a smaller
amount.
IT is expected that a call for national
convention of the building trades journey
men of this country will be made soon as
an answer to the recent action of the master
builders at Chicago.
THE Knights of Labor employees of the
Indianapolis Street Car Company have
been ordered to quit work to aid the strik-
erS.
A ST. LOUIS paper gives an account of a
gigantic scheme to consolidate all the cattle
interests of the Northwest and form a COM
pany which shall control SIS, GOO, 600 worth
of cattle and grazing lands. 1t seems to
have originated with the Wyoming Stock
Association of CHEYENNE.
REV. FATHER RYAN has been summoned
to attend the Dublin Bankruptcy Court to
testify in the Moroney case.
THE National Butchers Association held
a grand barbecue at Cheltenham beach,
near Chicago, the other day, feeding 10000
persons free from so beeves and 100 lambs.
PEOPLE who had policies in the old Fargo
Cd. IT, Insurance Company held meeting
recently TO investigate the condition of the
company. 1t was alleged that the company
had assets of 5000 to pay liabilities of
S125, 1000. 1t was also alleged that Secretary
Lowell, Of Chicago, had made away with
100000 belonging to the company.
The street car stables at the old Brighton
Station, Cincinnati, burned early on the
morning of the 27th Great difficulty was
experienced in rescuing the horses and the
destruction of property was said to be very
heavy.